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This poster has a cream background with black, green, red and white letters. It advertises a program of new productions (Neuinszenierungen) including plays, operas and a musical. Some featured pieces are Volker Braun's "Der große Frieden", Anton Tschechow's "Drei Schwestern", Heiner Müller's "Der Auftrag", Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", Handel's Floridante, Karl Ottomar treibmann's "Der Preis", and Das Glas Wasser.
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This poster has a green background with a red stripe across the middle of the poster. Advertises for a series of new, avantgarde plays, i.e. “Neues Theater”, with work by Athol Fugard, Alexander Gelman, Rudi Strahl, Heinar Kipphard, Maxie Wander, and Harald Mueller.
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This poster is white and black with the play's title “Nachtasyl” written with shadows. The play is Maxim Gorki's “Depths”, to be performed at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin
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This poster is white with a black sketch of a man in a hat and an overcoat. Large black print letters advertise the play “Der Neue Prozess” (The New Trial) by Peter Weiss. It is dedicated (gewidmet) to Franz Kafka.
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This poster is white with a black and white Russian Orthodox style depiction of the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus. It advertises the play “Das Nest Des Auerhahns” (The Grouse's Nest) by Viktor Rosow.
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This poster is black with white text and what looks like a print of an etching depicting two soldiers with guns and a person, possibly deceased, laying in the grass. This poster advertises a performance by a Chilean troupe, the Teatro Lautaro, of a play by Carlos Cerda “The Night of the Soldiers” (Die Nacht des Soldaten).
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This poster is pink with red letters advertising a performance of Donizetti's Opera “Il Campanello” or “The Night Bell” (Die Nachtglocke).
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This poster is white with black headers, and a border in bright neon orange ink. The poster is program listing the dates and locations of performances at various theaters.
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This poster is a light purple with dark purple letters. It lists various performances of new works by the Berliner Ensemble, such as Richard Pietraß, Eberhard Häfner, Steffen Mensching, Hans-Eckhardt Wenzel, Jan Faktor, Thomas Rosenlöcher, Christiane Grosz, and Brigitte Struzyk.
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This poster is white with black letters, except for the first two words having flowers form the first letter of each. The center depicts a man in a red shirt, brown pants and boots, laying on a bed of blue/purple flowers, looking up into a blue starry night with a full moon, framed by women, a rooster and a cow. This poster advertises for Rodion Stschedrin's play “Nicht nur Liebe” (Not only Love).
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This poster has a green background with a red border. In the center there is a white silhouette of a persons head, filled in with a gray drawing of a factory with smoke stacks. There is a red butterfly above the head. The poster is for the premier of Joachim Brehmer's play “Der Mensch ist kein Schmetterling” (Man is Not a Butterfly).
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This poster has a white background with a black grid. In large red and black letters it says M. Jones Band. There is a picture of what looks like an album cover, which depicts a metronome with a heart on the tip, hence the name “Herz Schlag” or “Heart Beat”.
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Poster is in landscape format. In the foreground is a small figure who's looking over a landscape of fields and trees. A row of red and white striped poles mark a road that leads to a modern city with skyscrapers. The city lights make the sky bright yellow even at night. The text is arranged in gray letters on a black frame that surrounds the painting.
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An abstract painting of a clown's head dominates this poster. It features a bright red forehead and nose, large blue eyes and mouth. One of the eyes is surrounded by a wide band of yellow, one of the cheeks is bright red. The background is gray; the text is in dark blue letters across the top.
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This poster shows a painting of a man wearing a Doge's hat and cloak who is seated. He's looking at an outstretched hand that reaches into the poster from the left and if offering money. Another hand holding a short dagger is visible above. The colors are various brown and beige tones. The title is in pink letters across the top.
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This black and white poster shows a drawing by Federico Garcia Lorca of a harlequin with two faces that are partially superimposed. The text is in black in cursive writing across the top and along the bottom of the poster.
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The main feature of this colorful poster is a woman in a red dress holding a beer mug who seems to be suspended in the air. On the right hand side is a man with a mustache wearing a blue suit who is reading a unicycle. Underneath the woman is a huge pair of scissors that are cutting through a painting of an idyllic landscape of palm trees and a lake with mountains and a huge red setting sun in the background. On the left a woman's hand reaches into the picture holding an ice cream cone.
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The colors of this poster are various orange and red tones on a white background. It shows a cracked stone bust of a woman. Behind her are several symbols of power: an eagle, a sword on a coat of arms, and a laurel wreath. The text is in red across the bottom.
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This poster is divided into 12 squares. One contains a list of the operas and ballets that will be performed during the 1981/82 season. The other squares show color photographs of scenes from previous performances of some operas and ballets that were retained for the current season.
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This poster in landscape format shows a drawing of a stage setting. At the sides are exotic plants and light brown curtains that are draped to look like sand dunes. In the background are palm trees and the sea. In the foreground is a strangely dressed man wearing a multi-colored coat and a hat. He is barefoot and holds up a red flower. Translation of the quote: “Some people think they can treat us whichever way they want, just because we are still rather small...”
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This poster shows a drawing of three women in long dresses walking along briskly. They appear to be agitated. The title is in red letters across the top. The name of the venue is in bright green letters across the bottom. The poster has a dark green frame.
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This poster shows a black and white photograph of a middle-aged couple at the end of the 19th century. The woman is seated and is wearing a gray dress with a high collar; the man is standing behind her and is wearing a dark suit with a watch chain. The photo is super-imposed on a brick wall. The title is in large white letters across the bottom.
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The main feature of this poster is a black line drawing of a king's head. His mouth is open and he seems to be making a speech. His left hand is raised making a victory sign. The background is white; the text is in reddish brown letters across the top of the poster.
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The playwright's name is in large white letters on a purple triangle at the top. Along the left hand side of the poster are drawings of a headless statue of a man holding his own head in his hand, a ball of string, a hand, a mouth, a shell, a hand, a lute player and a pyramid. These objects seem to get swallowed up in the vortex of a tornado. A black arrow extends from the vortex into a large ear that is drawn on the right hand side of the poster.
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The top half of this poster depicts a scene from 'Die Abenteuer es Hary Janos'. This colorful watercolor painting shows a man in a purple cloak on the right, kneeling. He is surrounded by several other men who are threatening him with their drawn weapons. The bottom half of the poster lists the program for the 1974/75 season. The text is in black against a white background.